Peter Singer Quotes
Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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Sometimes people ask me how old I am, and I have to stop and remember. I forget myself!
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I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell.
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Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.
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Union can achieve everything when sustained by gallant hearts and correct principles, while anarchy and insubordination must fail in the achievement of every thing beneficial and glorious to mankind.
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Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
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Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill.
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I'm just an actor.
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I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.
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Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not.
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The dance is not where we lose ourselves. But where we find ourselves.
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Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.
